Mine detail: Old Field Diggings

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.507, -80.34809

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Discovery year:	1842

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	VEINS
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Structure:	SMALL FRACTURES PARALLEL TO REGIONAL FOLIATION, GOLD HILL FAULT ZONE
Alteration processes:	SERICITE, SILICA

References

MRDS	W014589
DEP	60001704
Reference	{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 3, MAP AT 1:15,625 PL. VI, MINE TEXT PG. 85 TO 88, TEXT 200 PG.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, III, P.A., 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RES., MIN. RES. SECT., BULL. 84, MAP AT 1:31,000 PG. 126, MINE TEXT PG. 128, 129, TEXT 166 PG.; MINE SITE IN GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}